Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho (Brazil)
Sao Paulo State University – UNESP is a very large university in Brazil with camp in 24 cities, 29 institutes, more than 50,000 students, 3,600 faculty members and an annual budget of ~ US$ 1 billion. The facilities are comprised of ~ 1 million m2 of laboratories, libraries, classrooms, etc. There is a strong structure for research and aquaculture is one the main fields.
The Aquaculture Centre have facilities in 7 different cities and studies focus on different aspects of biology and culture of microalgae, zooplankton, prawns, fish, frogs and alligators. Recirculating and flow-thought systems have been developed to improve profitability and sustainability of monoculture and integrated multi-trophic culture. Genetics, nutrition, pathology, carrying capacity, bioenergetics, bio-economy, circular economy, and sustainability measurements are the main fields.
Follow the latest updates of AquaVitae activities by UNESP on its Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/aquavitaeh2020_unesp
Partners / Researchers
Wagner C. Valenti
Senior research scientist and professor in Sao Paulo State University, Brazil for 32 years and Fellow of the World Aquaculture Society. At present, he is Executive Director of the UNESP Innovation Agency, Executive Editor of Aquaculture Report (Elsevier) and Associate Editor of International Aquatic Research (Springer) and heads a research network on sustainable aquaculture.
He has coordinated more than 30 funded projects on Aquaculture and has published over 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles, books and book chapters. He has been involved directly in the organisation of numerous national and international conferences and has been selected as the keynote or plenary speaker on several occasions. He has managed Ph.D. Programs, technology transfer to the industry, public policies and many other activities focusing on aquaculture.
Guilherme Wolff Bueno
Research scientist and professor in Sao Paulo State University, developing aquaculture projects and work on Bio-economics and System Management. He has coordinated more than 10 funded projects on Aquaculture and has published over 35 peer-reviewed scientific articles, books and book chapters. He is enrolled with private and government sectors in tasks to estimate the carrying capacity and monitor environmental impacts in reservoirs and fish farms.
Patricia Moraes Valenti
Professor at the PhD Program in Aquaculture, UNESP, since 2013 and Director of the World Aquaculture Society since 2015. Formerly, Coordinator of Freshwater Prawns Working Group managing R&D and public policy tasks. She has published more than 20 articles and book chapters on aquaculture.
